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An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. It can be used to tell how, when, where, why, or how much. Here are a few example sentences in which the adverb is underlined.
The children screamed loudly. She quickly walked down the hall. He did not go on the trip.
Adverbs can be created from adjectives by adding -ly. For instance, the adjective quick can be turned into the adverb quickly by adding -ly.
Measurement Words
In the last lesson we discussed measurement. We can measure things in a lot of different ways. We discussed five: length, weight, temperature, volume, and speed. We also gave examples of both English and metric units of measure. Here are some examples:
WEIGHT: ENGLISH: pounds, ounces, tons. METRIC: kilograms, grams. VOLUME: ENGLISH: cups, quarts, gallons. METRIC: liters. SPEED: ENGLISH: Miles Per Hour. METRIC: Kilometers Per Hour. LENGTH: ENGLISH: inches, feet, yards, miles. METRIC: millimeters, centimeters, meters, kilometers. TEMPERATURE: Both ENGLISH and METRIC systems use the word degrees, but the the two systems use different scales.